Craft Focus - Page number 75 - June/July 2021 (Issue 85)

CRAFTER’S COMPANION This product is a fabulous extension of Threaders’ popular, original Shape Cutter and works in exactly in the same way to cut a variety of shapes. The main difference is this junior size offers additional convenience with storage and portability. The Threaders Junior Shape Creator has been cleverly created with easy-to-use cutting channels for use with a rotary cutter and cutting mat to make it easy to cut strips, bias strips, squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, hexagons, and even circles. The tool is perfect for quilting projects and is the perfect tool for squaring off fabric and cutting quilt blocks to size with ease. This versatile product has an RRP £25.99 and can also be used for a variety of crafts, including papercrafts. +44 (0)1388 660 930 https://www.crafterscompaniontrade.co.uk/ ZWEIGART Ready to embellish your summer tote bag, outdoor cushions or even your picnic throw? Then Zweigart’s new embroidery idea booklet 104 / 321 Pool Time is just the thing. Expect summer designs such as small swim motifs, cocktails and ice creams in lively bright colours, all just waiting to be embroidered. Zweigart provides a broad range of great quality needlework fabrics which are colour-fast and easy- care. All needlework fabrics are made in Germany and help to bring creative embroidery ideas to life. info@zweigart.de www.zweigart.de SELECTED YARNS Just in time for summer, Selected Yarns, the one-stop- shop for high quality knitting yarns and innovative fibres, has launched Kremke Soul Wool Papyrus (100 per cent paper yarn, 153m/100g). This wonderful natural raffia yarn is a perfect choice for crocheting hats, table mats, bags, baskets and other great projects. It comes in 30 modern colours and bags of 10. Also available is a pattern booklet with eight patterns in English. Selected Yarns provides a broad range of organic (most of them GOTS certified), recycled and natural fibre yarns as well as buttons and needles of six brands such as Erika Knight, BC Garn, Kremke, Soul Wool, Shibui, Cowgirlblues, ADDI and Jim Knopf. kremke@selected-yarns.com www.selected-yarns.com DOODLECRAFT DESIGN DoodleCraft Design has a real focus in designing kits for its ‘Creating by Stitching’ range that are not only beautiful but once they’ve been stitched are then usable around the home or as great gifts. This means the stitcher gets to enjoy them twice; once while they are stitching and again when they see them around the home. The ‘Creating by Stitching’ range includes clock faces, coasters, bags, mats, and cushion covers. Here’s the latest cushion cover design stitched in beautiful hand dyed threads from Paint-Box Threads. This design is called Blackwork in Blue and uses variegated blue threads to create the blackwork designs. It’s available as a full kit with all the materials, but knowing a lot of stitchers have their own stash of fabric and threads it’s also available as a chart only kit which includes the chart and full instructions. The RRP for the full kit is £32 and the chart only kit is £14.99. contactus@doodlecraftdesign.co.uk www.doodlecraftdesign.co.uk 75 SEWING FOR THE HOME